Yeison Jiménez, the Colombian musician known for songs like “Vete” and “Aventurero,” was travelling in a tiny plane with five other individuals who also died in the disaster.
Yeison Jiménez, a Colombian musician noted for his contributions to regional music, perished in an aircraft crash while travelling through rural Boyacá, Colombia.
According to Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the country’s Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics was in charge of confirming Yeison Jiménez’s identity, as well as that of the other five people on board the small plane who died in the accident.
“Unfortunately, six people have died in a plane crash near Paipa that appears to have caught fire while in flight,” the president said on his social media accounts after the news came.
What happened to Yeison Jiménez?
According to a statement from the Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics, the singer was on board the aeroplane with registration N325FA when it crashed between Paipa and Duitama on its way to Medellin.
The accident occurred at 3:00 p.m., and because the little plane had triggered its emergency locator signal, the Search and Rescue Coordination Centre was able to respond effectively, according to Radio Nacional de Colombia.
In addition to emergency personnel, National Police officers were rushed to the location. The reason for the disaster remains unknown; nevertheless, photographs provided reveal that the aircraft was entirely burnt.
The disaster claimed the lives of the artist, Captain Hernando Torres, Juan Manuel Rodríguez, Óscar Marín, Jiménez’s assistant, Jéfferson Osorio, the singer’s publicist, and Weisman Mora.
“The Government of Boyacá deeply regrets this event and expresses its solidarity with the families, loved ones and supporters during these difficult times,” according to a statement.
The Civil Aeronautics Unit sent its sympathies to Yeison Jiménez’s loved ones, friends, and followers, as well as the families of the aircraft’s other occupants.
He also stated that the Technical Directorate for Accident Investigation initiated the appropriate process to determine the circumstances of the accident in which the artist perished.
Who was the late Colombian singer Yeison Jiménez?
Jiménez, 34, was born in Manzanares, Caldas, in the country’s centre. He was one of the most prominent musicians in Colombian regional music over the previous decade, playing a vital role in expanding the popular genre outside traditional circuits.
Songs like ‘Aventurero’, ‘Vete’, and ‘Mi venganza’ helped him become one of Colombia’s most popular artists.
Billboard magazine named him a Latin breakthrough artist in 2021, and he has recently been able to fill huge venues around the nation, including the Movistar Arena in Bogotá, which is a milestone for a genre often associated with smaller places.
Jiménez’s creative itinerary included performances in Málaga, Santander, and Marinilla, Antioquia, near Medellín, on Friday and Saturday nights.
Following Yeison Jiménez’s death, followers recalled a recent interview he did for the podcast Los hombres sí lloran (Men Do Cry).
During the chat, the artist said that he had a premonition about an aircraft crash: “I began thinking about a really delicate matter, which was that we were going to have an accident. “I saw it three times,” he said.
The first two times he had the dream while on a tour of Spain, the incident was caused by a technical failure when a part of the plane came loose and was not properly repaired: “I wake up because the captain was desperate, telling me that we were going to have an accident.”
In the third dream, Yeison described being inside the aeroplane and seeing its crash: “I start to see how I am leaving Medellín,” he added.
